Are you looking for resources to supplement your grammar lesson? Use this lesson on misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing. Middle schoolers complete twenty multiple choice questions where they must find the sentence that has no...

Teachers who are looking for resources to supplement their teaching of misplaced and/or dangling modifiers in writing should enjoy this learning exercise, and the interactive activities embedded in the sheet. Students complete twenty...

You don't want to leave your modifier dangling! Using this worksheet, you can help students on their way to understanding how to modify sentences and to eliminate dangling modifiers.

Getting tired of seeing dangling or misplaced modifiers in your students' writing? Use this grammar activity to reinforce the importance of careful reading and editing. Young writers find the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling...

When reviewing the use of modifiers, this activity could be a useful tool to use. With 20 questions, highlighting a variety of misplaced or dangling modifiers, this activity could be a quick and easy way to go over this topic.

Challenge your students with this activity on misplaced and dangling modifiers. This 20 question worksheet could be used after a lesson on this topic to cement students' understanding.

Introduce your students to adjectives, adverbs, and the differences between them with this helpful grammar presentation. Though it appears long at 79 slides, note that each slide is doubled, with the first slide asking a question and the...

Students identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and correct these errors in their writing. They create illustrations to match the misplace and dangling modifiers.

In this modifiers worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 24 sentences by choosing the correct adjective or adverb modifier: far, just about, nearly, or slightly.

In this sentence variety worksheet, students learn that modifier placement can make sentences more interesting. Students read 10 sentences and add an initial, mid-sentence or terminal modifier as directed. This is an on-line interactive...

Class groups investigate the economic and political implications of a country's policies on genetically modified foods, craft a position paper detailing that policy, and share their findings with the class. Armed with this...

In this grammar instructional activity, learners read a piece of text and practice modifying fourteen words to grammatically complete the paragraphs correctly.

Explore appositives, phrases that immediately follow the noun they modify, using sentence strips, examples, and collaborative learning. The class works together to identify appositives and use commas to properly punctuate them. Partners...

Bring the historical relevance of baseball into the classroom, as pupils discover the lessons learned from the breaking of baseball's color barrier by Jackie Robinson. Learners view video and analyze Robinson’s character, as well as his...

Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....

Following the reading of the book Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, the ninth lesson in this unit involves emerging experts in a science talk about how bullfrogs survive. Looking back through the text, young scholars prepare for the...

In this recognizing participles in sentences worksheet, students read definitions and examples of participle usage, read statements, identify one or two participles, and write the noun or pronoun they modify. Students write 34 answers.

Third graders examine how a family modifies their environment to create a home out of mud. They read the book "This House is Made of Mud" by Ken Buchanan, and write a description of their own home that compares the home of mud to their...

Interested in learning ASL? Lesson 12 in this ASL series gets you ready to identify the days of the week, ask question, and modify time signs. Note: If you are a special eduction teacher, use the vocabulary list to teach your non-verbal...

What do you wonder about bats? Use an open-ended question like this to engage your class and interest them in an upcoming research project. There's a list of example questions to offer or suggest regarding bats, but see what they can...

Young academics create a current events journal by skimming newspapers for articles that fit defined guidelines for informational texts. After cutting out two articles each week to add to their journals, they write a brief description of...

Combining descriptive and expository writing skills, middle schoolers create a character sketch about someone they know well. They use a graphic organizer to help them discuss a model character sketch and organize/write one of their own....

Analyze various excerpts from Hamlet and read articles to develop an argument about his sanity. Middle and high schoolers write an argument essay defending whether or not they believe Hamlet is insane. You could modify this assignment...

Apply the game of baseball to a fun review activity. Pupils earn a "base" for each subject question that they answer correctly. This activity can be modified and used for any subject area, including math, social studies, and language arts.